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Cotton Wound Dressing Wadding Base from Japan

Sterile cotton wadding sheets serving as absorbent base for advanced wound dressings. Large pieces before final conversion, with controlled flock fibers. Under HTS 5601.21.00.10 as unfinished cotton wadding in the piece.

Duty Rate — Japan → United States

12.5%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter

Import Tips

• FDA 510(k) prep for medical claims; raw wadding avoids device regs

• Sterility certificates prevent biohazard holds at entry